We're taking a quick detour this week with a bonus episode. Join us as we swap stories from the No Kings day events and do our best to convey how wild it is that small conservative towns showed out. Then we get giddy over the second coming of the 1999 Kevin Smith movie Dogma in theaters.

Dust (His Dark Materials) https://hisdarkmaterials.fandom.com/wiki/Dust

Dogma Film https://dogmamovie.com/

Kevin Smith says he was in full faith when he made the film and was surprised that people didn't see it was actually a faith movie, but working with Georga Carlin on the movie started to change his mind. Listen to the full interview on The Daily Beast https://youtu.be/rCWAe3CLu-w?feature=shared

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Aren't we all a little bit Vashti? Let us ask that question as the Victorian feminists guide us through their favorite passages in the book of Esther. It's one of JV & SKs favorite Old Testament Books so far.

Today we are coming at you with the Book of Esther! Don’t let the senior center name fool you, this is another throne wars book in the bible and it is full of salaciousness, sin, and slaughter. We get to see a woman defying King’s orders and learn the story behind the feast of Purim. We’ll go over the brilliant Victorian feminist response, meet a new contributor to the Woman’s Bible, and as always - discuss how eerily relevant it all is to the American kingdom in 2025.

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We're talking about Kings before No Kings Day - just in time. When all is said and done, we end up talking about the fascinating women in the chapter more than all the kings - because really, Kings are quite predictable. And ya never know what smart resourceful women will do.

Our brilliant victorian feminists shed a light on the nuances buried in the book of Kings. It's another dramatic book in the bible. It is full of, well, kings and all their wives and lovers and concubines and conniving deeds. We are certain George RR Martin was influenced by the succession battles and wifey dramas in the book of Kings. We've got the Queen of Sheba and Jezebel to discuss. Riddles and astrology. King egos. Bad ideas. And the classic parable of king Solomon threatening to cut a baby in half. That's the kind of thing people think makes a good leader? Wha? Let's discuss. Joins us as we venture into into some feminist history, random weirdness, and try out a new phrase we're using: "Self sacrifice is the casting couch of the bible".

More info on topics covered:

Matilda Jocelyn Gage

The Matilda Effect https://www.lostwomenofscience.org/news-events/the-matilda-effect-how-women-are-becoming-invisible-in-science

She has a whole center named after her.

Her book Women, Church, and State

Matilda Good Witch of The North

There’s an opera about Gage! https://vpa.syr.edu/matilda-joslyn-gage/

HISTORY OF THE WARFARE OF SCIENCE WITH THEOLOGY IN CHRISTENDOM
By Andrew Dickson White. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/505/505-h/505-h.htm

Queen of Sheba/Queen Makeda

Myths and legacy: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/legacy-of-queen-of-sheba-1.6836452

We're so interested in the riddles she asked Solomon https://amichailaulavie.substack.com/p/the-riddle-of-the-queen-who-loved

Cool art depicting Sheba asking Solomon some riddles: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/465954

History of Balloons -

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